Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors Series Preface Acknowledgments 1. Historical and Cultural Background (Mike Vanden Heuvel) 2. American Ensemble Theatres, 1995-present (Mike Vanden Heuvel) 3. The Builders Association (James Frieze, George Moores University, UK) 4. Pig Iron Theatre (Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva, Dixie State University, USA ) 5. The Rude Mechs (Jane Baldwin, emeritus, Boston Conservatory, USA) 6. Radiohole (Steve Luber, University of New Haven, USA) 7. Civilians (Sara Freeman, University of Puget Sound, USA) 8. 600 Highwaymen (Rachel Anderson-Rabern, Franklin and Marshall College, USA) Notes Bibliography Index

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A critical history of prominent American collective and ensemble-based theatre companies from 1995 to the present.

About the Author

Mike Vanden Heuvel is Professor of Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.